Peer Career Adviser

Description

UW Bothell offers student employment opportunities to help prepare students by providing practical work experience.  Students are provided professional development and mentoring to develop skills to support post-graduation employment preparation and success. 

 

Career Services Mission 

Career Services engages with the UW Bothell community to empower Huskies to explore career interests, build skills, and connect with the employment community and experiential learning opportunities. 

 

Role Overview 

Peer Career Advisors serve as the primary contact for students using Career Services by providing career advising to UW Bothell peers and assisting with program planning and implementation. To keep up with the growing demand for connecting students to jobs, internships, and other professional development opportunities, peer advisors do most of the resume review, cover letter review, and LinkedIn review appointments. Peer advisors also assist in classroom presentations, workshops, and career fairs held throughout the year.  

 

Typical Duties and Responsibilities  

-Meet with student in one-on-one appointment, both in-person/virtually & scheduled/drop-in, to provide career advising, including: resume and cover letter reviews, LinkedIn reviews, and on-campus job search support 

-Review online resume and cover letter submissions through Canvas course 

-Greet, welcome and check-in students and visitors; identify ways in which guests can be assisted and direct them to other relevant resources 

-Respond to phone and email inquiries from employers, students, faculty, staff, and community members 

-Assist in planning, publicizing and implementing Career Services activities and programs 

Market services to students through flyers 

Participate in and provide support for all Career Services sponsored events 

Represent Career Services at tabling events and/or virtual events 

-Present career-related workshops to individual classrooms and clubs   

-Participate in recruitment, hiring and training of new student employees 

-Coordinate student staff scheduling logistics to ensure coverage for campus tabling events 

-All new student employees must also complete UW's online Title IX course about preventing and responding to sex-and gender-based violence and harassment 

-Other projects and duties as assigned 

 

Pay: $21.30/hour (Undergraduate rate), $22.30/hour (Graduate rate)

Position is currently 100% in person 

Reports to: Training and supervision provided by ShanShan Tan, Career Coach in Career Services  

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements<